764,207-acre Designation Will Shield Rare Cats From Development, Including Proposed Rosemont Copper Mine
TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. In response to a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized protection for 764,207 acres, or 1,194 square miles, of habitat for endangered jaguarsin southern Arizona and New Mexico. The historic “critical habitat” designation to help the great cats recover comes five years after a federal court rejected the…
